Living Room Lighting: All You Need to Know

There is no point to having a beautifully designed and arranged living room if you’re sitting in the dark. If you want to illuminate your living room in the most pleasing way possible, you need to consider various factors. Consider the following tips to create the best living room lighting possible.

Make Best Use of Natural Light

Natural
light is the best light (when it’s available), but you need to make good use of
it for maximum effect. Window accessories like drapes, shades, or shutters can
help you customize the natural light level in the living room any time. Mirrors
and art pieces that use pale colors can help maximize natural light.

Use a Variety of Living Room Lighting Sources

You
don’t want to rely on a single light source for your living room. This could be
too much in some cases and not enough in others. Multiple light sources also
illuminate the different interior design elements of your living room space
more effectively. Layers of light at different levels of the room from
different sources tend to create the most dramatic results.

Add Task Lighting

Task
lighting is specialized lighting meant for specific tasks. For example, a light
over an armchair for reading in the low light is considered task lighting.
Spotlights over shelves, desks, or LED strip lights behind a television are a
few more examples of task lighting.

Add Accent Lighting

Accent
lighting includes light fixtures aimed at architectural features, artwork, and
decorative features inside a space. One of the best ways to use accent lighting
is to set light fixtures embedded in walls or ceilings at 30-degree angles
above the subjects you want to illuminate.

Add Ambient Lighting

Ambient
lighting fills in the gaps of your other light types and helps set the mood of
the room. One of the more recent trends in ambient lighting is linear
architectural recessed light tracks that run throughout an interior space and
highlight the angles of the architecture. Wall-washer light sconces, table
lamps, and ambient floor lamps can also create beautiful ambient lighting
effects.

Avoid Over-Lighting

While
properly lighting a living room requires multiple different types of lights,
there is such a thing as too much light. Recessed ceiling lights can look
amazing if arranged properly, but too many will make the ceiling look like it’s
full of holes. Table lamps can be great accent lighting pieces, but you don’t
need a lamp on every table in your living room.

Heritage House Furniture carries a wide variety of custom-designed furniture of the highest quality. We can help you find the pieces you need to bring your living room together and even provide tips for lighting your new living room furniture.

Stop In Today

No
matter your needs, Heritage House Furniture has the sofa, living room set, or
entire room you need to furnish your home to your ultimate comfort. Browse our
website, stop by our showroom at your earliest convenience, or contact us today to learn more
about how we can help you design the living room of your dreams.